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Manufacturing industry ﬂourishes most in the sanjak of Ismid and the vilayets of Brusa, Aidin, and
Adana. In the following paragraphs the provinces of _
Anatolia are treated separately.
Sonja/c of I smid:--This region possesses several small but growing industries. The chief of these is -the spinning and weaving of lin-en. There are a few factories where linen for native garments is made, but most of the thread and cloth produced is spun and _woven by hand in the homes of the peasants. The linen cloth is coarse, but is in considerable demand in Turkey.
Near the town of Ismid there are two large Govern- ment factories which work exclusively for the Army and the Nav . One manufactures fezzes, the other a coarse cloth or uniforms.
Carpet—making and embroidery are carried on, especially by Christian w-omen. At Hereke, on the Gulf of Ismid, there is a well-conducted State school of carpet—making. It is attended by many women and children, both Mussulman and Christian. Very beautiful carpets are made in its factory, but, its immediate objects being educational and not commer— cial, the orutput is not large.
Vila;/et of Brusa.—-The town of Brusa is the centre o-f the silk—producing industry. Most of the silk, how- ever, is exported, whether in the form of cocoons or as thread, which is spun in primitive mills. There used to be much silk—Weaving in the district, but, owing to disease among the silk-worms some forty years ago, this branch of the industry almost disappeared, and only recovered very imperfectly when the disease was eradicated and the production of silk again increased. At present, the manufacture of silk fabrics is mainly a domestic occupation. In connection with the silk manufacture, a cotton industry of some importance grew up. This passed uninjured through the crisis which affected the production of silk, and to—day there is in the district a considerable manufacture of towels, kimonos, and other goods, in most of which silk is